Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:
But if you do not care for history, instead just for being up-to-date, it
should help you.
I had a distinct impression that Bill was talking about a narrow
checkout, not a shallow clone, but it probably is just me.
P.S.: And no, I don't remember if you need to say "--depth 2" or "--depth
1" for that... Sorry
Depth 1 AFAICR meant "the tip plus one parent".